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"Com mais esta prova da apoio à política espansionista israelita, Bush pretende obviamente cativar o importante voto dos judeus norte-americanos nas eleições presidenciais de Novembro e Sharon procura tirar argumentos aos superfalcões israelitas" [Vital Moreira]
«Nem todos os judeus norte-americanos (ou não) assinam por baixo das acções de Sharon. Um deles é judeu, fugiu do nazismo e é um dos maiores capitalistas americanos: George Soros. Comecei a ler "The Bubble of American Supremacy" onde se pode ler isto (ja tinha sido publicado no Atlantic Monthly):
"(...) Even so, September 11 could not have changed the course of history to the extent that it has if President Bush had not responded to it the way he did. He declared war on terrorism, and under that guise implemented a radical foreign-policy agenda whose underlying principles predated the tragedy. Those principles can be summed up as follows: International relations are relations of power, not law; power prevails and law legitimizes what prevails. The United States is unquestionably the dominant power in the post-Cold War world; it is therefore in a position to impose its views, interests, and values. The world would benefit from adopting those values, because the American model has demonstrated its superiority. The Clinton and first Bush Administrations failed to use the full potential of American power. This must be corrected; the United States must find a way to assert its supremacy in the world.
This foreign policy is part of a comprehensive ideology customarily referred to as neoconservatism, though I prefer to describe it as a crude form of social Darwinism. I call it crude because it ignores the role of cooperation in the survival of the fittest, and puts all the emphasis on competition. In economic matters the competition is between firms; in international relations it is between states. In economic matters social Darwinism takes the form of market fundamentalism; in international relations it is now leading to the pursuit of American supremacy.
(...) The war on terrorism as pursued by the Bush Administration cannot be won. On the contrary, it may bring about a permanent state of war. Terrorists will never disappear. They will continue to provide a pretext for the pursuit of American supremacy. That pursuit, in turn, will continue to generate resistance. Further, by turning the hunt for terrorists into a war, we are bound to create innocent victims. The more innocent victims there are, the greater the resentment and the better the chances that some victims will turn into perpetrators.
(...) I propose replacing the Bush doctrine of pre-emptive military action with preventive action of a constructive and affirmative nature. Increased foreign aid or better and fairer trade rules, for example, would not violate the sovereignty of the recipients. Military action should remain a last resort. The United States is currently preoccupied with issues of security, and rightly so. But the framework within which to think about security is collective security. Neither nuclear proliferation nor international terrorism can be successfully addressed without international cooperation. The world is looking to us for leadership. We have provided it in the past; the main reason why anti-American feelings are so strong in the world today is that we are not providing it in the present". »
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- O "novo" Médio Oriente Desatina...
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- Drones And The Law
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- Killing Awlaki
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Soros contra Bush (carta de um leitor)
"Com mais esta prova da apoio à política espansionista israelita, Bush pretende obviamente cativar o importante voto dos judeus norte-americanos nas eleições presidenciais de Novembro e Sharon procura tirar argumentos aos superfalcões israelitas" [Vital Moreira]
«Nem todos os judeus norte-americanos (ou não) assinam por baixo das acções de Sharon. Um deles é judeu, fugiu do nazismo e é um dos maiores capitalistas americanos: George Soros. Comecei a ler "The Bubble of American Supremacy" onde se pode ler isto (ja tinha sido publicado no Atlantic Monthly):
"(...) Even so, September 11 could not have changed the course of history to the extent that it has if President Bush had not responded to it the way he did. He declared war on terrorism, and under that guise implemented a radical foreign-policy agenda whose underlying principles predated the tragedy. Those principles can be summed up as follows: International relations are relations of power, not law; power prevails and law legitimizes what prevails. The United States is unquestionably the dominant power in the post-Cold War world; it is therefore in a position to impose its views, interests, and values. The world would benefit from adopting those values, because the American model has demonstrated its superiority. The Clinton and first Bush Administrations failed to use the full potential of American power. This must be corrected; the United States must find a way to assert its supremacy in the world.
This foreign policy is part of a comprehensive ideology customarily referred to as neoconservatism, though I prefer to describe it as a crude form of social Darwinism. I call it crude because it ignores the role of cooperation in the survival of the fittest, and puts all the emphasis on competition. In economic matters the competition is between firms; in international relations it is between states. In economic matters social Darwinism takes the form of market fundamentalism; in international relations it is now leading to the pursuit of American supremacy.
(...) The war on terrorism as pursued by the Bush Administration cannot be won. On the contrary, it may bring about a permanent state of war. Terrorists will never disappear. They will continue to provide a pretext for the pursuit of American supremacy. That pursuit, in turn, will continue to generate resistance. Further, by turning the hunt for terrorists into a war, we are bound to create innocent victims. The more innocent victims there are, the greater the resentment and the better the chances that some victims will turn into perpetrators.
(...) I propose replacing the Bush doctrine of pre-emptive military action with preventive action of a constructive and affirmative nature. Increased foreign aid or better and fairer trade rules, for example, would not violate the sovereignty of the recipients. Military action should remain a last resort. The United States is currently preoccupied with issues of security, and rightly so. But the framework within which to think about security is collective security. Neither nuclear proliferation nor international terrorism can be successfully addressed without international cooperation. The world is looking to us for leadership. We have provided it in the past; the main reason why anti-American feelings are so strong in the world today is that we are not providing it in the present". »
(NF)
- O "novo" Médio Oriente Desatina...
Leia-se o artigo "New Middle East" Out of Control, de Jim Lobe (Editor-chefe do Bureau de Washington do Inter Press Service), in TomPaine.com, de 11.8.06 "Alarms are definitely on the rise here. And it's not just because the British police arrested...
- Literature And The Search For Liberty
By MARIO VARGAS LLOSA, WSJ What is lost on collectivists is the prime importance of individual freedom for societies to flourish and economies to thrive. The blessings of freedom and the perils of its opposite can be seen the world over. It is why I...
- Drones And The Law
The Economist America’s attacks on suspected terrorists should be more closely monitored THE killing in Yemen of Anwar al-Awlaki and three al-Qaeda associates by a drone on September 30th has caused far more fuss in America than previous drone attacks....
- Killing Awlaki
Editorial do WSJ In the decade before his death, Anwar al-Awlaki served as an imam at two American mosques attended by 9/11 hijackers. He corresponded regularly with Nidal Hasan before the Army major went on his murder spree at Fort Hood in November 2009....
- 'breathtaking In Its Expansive Scope'
Editorial do WSJ 'The powers of the legislature are defined and limited; and that those limits may not be mistaken, or forgotten, the Constitution is written." —Chief Justice John Marshall, writing in Marbury v. Madison (1803). The 11th Circuit...